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The Economics of Investing in Universal Preschool Education in California
RAND Corporation 2005; US$ 9.95Increased interest in California and other states in providing universal access to publicly funded preschool education is behind this study's aims to analyze the economic returns from investing in high-quality preschool education in California. more...
Motivated Metamodels
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95A metamodel approximates the behaviour of a more complex model and can be developed useing large-model data and off-the-shelf statistical methids. This report illustrates why it can be important to use even modest phenomenological knowledge to improve their quality. more...
Implications for Model Validation of Multiresolution, Multiperspective Modeling (MRMPM) and Exploratory Analysis
RAND Corporation 2003; US$ 9.95Examples of the use of multiresolution, multiperspective modeling (MRMPM) and exploratory analysis to validate models not based in settled theory or specific empirical testing. A model and its data may not be fully ?valid? but may still be useful and good in more-limited ways. more...
Analysis of Healthcare Interventions that Change Patient Trajectories
RAND Corporation 2005; US$ 9.95One-liner (250 characters, including spaces): Examines interventions in the healthcare system that use Electronic Medical Record Systems (EMR-S) to affect patient trajectories--i.e., the sequence of encounters a patient has with the healthcare system. more...
Absorbing Air Force Fighter Pilots
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95The US Air Force is facing unprecedented problems in its efforts to provide adequate training for new and inexperienced pilots in its operational fighter units. This report assesses the Air Force's training dilemma with a view to finding ways to remedy it in both the short and long term. more...
Models of Operational Training in Fighter Squadrons
RAND Corporation 2004; US$ 9.95Operational squadrons spend most of their time training to maintain readiness and to prepare aircrew members for subsequent assignments. Although some operational training is needed to achieve these objectives, it has been difficult historically to justify any specific amount of flying. more...
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